Chivelstone
| Chivelstone | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 Chivelstone and the Church of St Sylvester | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX783387 |
| Location: | 50°14’10"N, 3°42’28"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Hams |
Chivelstone is a hamlet in Devon, in the very south of the county three miles east of Salcombe and under two miles from the sea coast to the south and the the east. There is little to the hamlet but its farms, cottages and the parish church, St Sylvester’s.
The name of Chivelstone is derived from the Old English Ceofles tun, meaning 'Ceofel's farm'.[1]
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded three manors in the future Chivelstone parish, all of which were held by Juhel de Totnes.[2]
It is generally believed that the area hereabouts was divided into ecclesiastical parishes around 1200. The church parish of Chivelstone was focused on the church dedicated to St Silvester, the only church dedicated to that saint in Devon.[3]
The parish
The wider civil parish of Chivelstone includes Chivelstone and two larger villages, East Prawle and South Allington, and another hamlet, Lannacombe. The parish population was recorded as just 280 in 2011.
This is a coastal parish including the southernmost tip of land of Devon, Prawle Point, and is all within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Coastal Preservation Area, Heritage Coast, Site of Special Scientific Interest as well as several other preservation areas. The parish has 220 households, most of which are located in East Prawle.